![]() Following “Night Rider” and “Water Walkin,” he unveiled “Astronaut in the Ocean.” Awash in airy guitar, jagged 808s, neon keys, and deft wordplay, he submerged himself in honest lyricism, facing depression head-on. In 2018, he dropped his independent debut “Speed Racer.” It gathered millions of streams and turned heads across Australia. He even took out a loan to build a home studio as he cut hundreds of songs and logged thousands of hours in the lab. After graduating from school, the Sydney, Australia native tirelessly worked in sales to fund recording. being a perfectionist when it comes to music is I guess an obsession of mine… I will find the smallest things that nobody would ever notice and still want them changed.Transforming from a mild-mannered man by day into an unrestrained beast in the studio, Masked Wolf (aka, Harry Michael) has unassumingly established himself as a powerful, passionate, and primal hip-hop force. I have a pet peeve of listening to about 300-500 beats a week until I find the right beat. What’s one obsession you have that no one would guess after listening to your music? once I realised how true this was, music became a lot easier to make. Haven’t received this personally but 50 cent once said there is always going to be someone who hates your music, it doesn’t matter how famous or non-famous you are, there are always haters and people who will spread hate even if they truly don’t hate it. What’s the best advice you’ve ever received? To be honest I just want to be happy and be able to wake up any morning and say I can head into the studio right now and make a track. Also some gin and tonic is great, but I just like chilling out with some whiskey Dream music collaboration? But expect it out in the next couple of months! Fave non-music hobby?īasketball and gaming What’s on your dream rider? Career highlight so far?Įasily doing a feature with a high labelled artist who I can’t divulge at the moment. I love that rap was nothing here, until the last year or so the rap genre didn’t really have a huge name, I took it as a challenge because I wanted to be that guy from Sydney who made, who cracked the code type of thing. It was the song I made to show it’s OK to be you and not something others want you to be. ‘Numb’ is about how I felt about peer pressuring, people always used to say it’s not cool if I don’t come out and drink, why aren’t you partying. ‘Night Rider’ is about how I overthink certain situations but feel like I am more true to myself when I am in the late night. ‘Astronaut In The Ocean’ touches on mental depression, how I was stuck in a place of anxiety and feeling low. Tell us about a few of your tracks their titles and what they’re about? I would have said to her that’s its music that everyone could nod their head and dance too but when they listened deep down to the lyrics it could mean so much more. How would you describe your music to your grandma? But when I get into the studio it is all work and no play, the wolf/beast comes out, hence why I called myself the Masked Wolf. I called Masked Wolf because I felt that outside of music I was just like a normal guy, you wouldn’t even think that I am a rapper if you looked at me. We sat down with the talented musician to have a chat as part of our Get To Know series. Think: if Drake’s music procreated with Hopsin’s, it would sound something like Masked Wolf. His brooding sound somehow manages to be upbeat at the same time and his music is more reflective of American hip hop than typical Australian hip hop. In October, he featured on Rolling Stone‘s Breakthrough 25 – The fastest rising artists of the month. And, the party is just getting started for Masked Wolf, he’s recently been signed to Warner Music/Elektra Records in the US.
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